完形填空WhileAndrewwasgettingreadyforworkoneFridaymorningheannouncedtohiswifethathehadfinallydecidedtoaskhisbossforasalaryraise．AlldayAndrewfeltnervous．36Mr．Larchmontrefuse

完形填空 WhileAndrewwasgettingreadyforworkoneFridaymorningheannouncedtohiswifethathehad

finallydecidedtoaskhisbossforasalaryraise．AlldayAndrewfeltnervous． 36 Mr．Larchmont

refusedto 37 hisrequest?Andrewhad 38 sohardinthelast18months．39 hedeservedawage

increase．

ThethoughtofwalkingintoLarchmont'sofficeleftAndrewweak 40 ．Lateintheafternoonhefinally

gatheredthe 41 toapproachhissuperior．Tohis 42 andsurprisetheever-frugal(一贯节省的)

HarveyLarchmontagreedtogiveAndrewa 43 !

Andrewarrivedhomethatevening 44 theirdiningtablesetwiththeirbestchinaandcandleslit．

HiswifeTinahadpreparedadelicatemeal 45 hisfavoritedishes．Immediatelyhe 46 someone

fromtheofficehadtippedheroff!

NexttohisplateAndrewfoundabeautifullettered 47 ．Itwasfromhiswifewhichread:" 48 my

love!Iknewyou'dgettheraise!IpreparedthisdinnertoshowjusthowmuchIloveyou．I'mso 49

ofyouraccomplishments!"Hereaditandstoppedto 50 howsensitiveandcaringTinawas．

AfterdinnerAndrewwasonhiswaytothekitchen 51 heobservedasecondcardhadslippedoutof

Tina'spocket．Hepickeditup．Itread:"Don'tworryaboutnotgettingtheraise!Youdodeserveone!

IpreparedthisdinnertoshowyoujusthowmuchIloveyou 52 youdidn'tgettheincrease．"

Tears 53 inAndrew'seyes．Totalacceptance!Tina'ssupportforhimwasnot 54 uponhis

successatwork．

Thefearofrejectionisoftensoftenedandwecanundergoalmostanysetbackorrejectionwhenwe

knowsomeoneloves